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Net Area/Net Assignable Area Correct Answer: The actual area required by a client to accommodate specified functions. Includes interior walls and building columns. DOES NOT include corridor circulati ... on, closets, etc. Efficiency Factor Correct Answer: Also called "Circulation Area". It is the ratio of enclosed spaces (offices) to open spaces (workstations). Circulation Area= NSF/ Circulation Multiplier Useable Area (USF) Correct Answer: Also called the "occupant area" and excludes building core and common space. USF = NSF + Efficiency Factor Rentable Area (RSF) Correct Answer: RSF = GSF x Building Load Factor Gross Area (GSF) Correct Answer: GSF = NSF / Efficiency Factor Occupancy Classification Correct Answer: Is the formal designation of the primary purpose of the building. There are 10 total: 1. Assembly 2. Business 3. Educational 4. Factory and industrial (not on exam) 5. High-hazard ( not on exam 6. Institutional 7. Mercantile 8. Residential 9. Storage 10. Utility and Miscellaneous (not on exam) Assembly Group A-2 Correct Answer: - food / drink consumption - banquet halls - casinos - nightclubs - restaurants - cafeterias - commercial kitchens in a restaurant - bars Assembly Group A-3 Correct Answer: - amusement arcades - art galleries - bowling alleys - community halls - courtrooms - dance halls - exhibition halls - funeral parlour's - public greenhouses - libraries - places of worship - transportation waiting areas Business Group B Correct Answer: - offices - banks - storage of records and accounts - outpatient clinic - professional and service transactions *educational occupancies students above 12th grade *food processing or a commercial kitchen NOT in a restaurant *assembly occupant load less than 50 ppl and is accessory to another occupancy. *Space less than 750 sq ft and accessory to another occupancy. Institutional Group I Correct Answer: - hospital - jail Uses intended in which people are cared for or live in a supervised environment, having physical limitations because of health or age are harbored for medical treatment or other care or treatment or in which the liberty of the occupants is restricted. Mercantile Group M Correct Answer: - department stores - drug store - markets - greenhouses plant sales - gas-stations - retail stores - wholesale - sale rooms use of building/structure for the display/sale of merchandise and involves stocks of goods, wares or merchandise Residential Group R-1 Correct Answer: - hotel or motel Uses intended for sleeping purposes. Occupants are transient in nature and visiting. Residential Group R-2 Correct Answer: - apartment units - condos - boarding houses - dorms - vacation timeshare properties occupancies containing sleeping units or more than two dwelling units where the occupants are more permenent in nature. Residential Group R-3 Correct Answer: - occupants are permanent in nature and do not fit into R-1, R-2, R-4. - Daycare facilities for 5 or fewer children Residential Group R-4 Correct Answer: - alcohol and drug treatment facility - assisted living group house -residential board and care facility intended for occupancy as residential care/assisted living facilities including not more than 16 occupants Storage Group S Correct Answer: Uses intended for storage that ARE NOT classified as a hazardous occupancy. - accessory storage space: a room or space used for storage purposes that is accessory to another occupancy. Classified as part of the other occupancy. [Show More]

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